I would have to agree because not only does he personally troll dozens of people, he also trolls the entire audience by making a lot of people want to see the gayest film, probably, ever.
Bruno had some good segments, but Borat was truly irritating. Annoying people with a weird accent makes people racist by default? When he enters that antique shop and starts messing the whole place i didn't think it was funny, more like "damn, what an asshole".
I can relate to that, because there were a lot of parts of Borat which were too similar to the Tom Green Show. However, there's plenty of material in both movies that are worth paying attention to. One scene in Borat that comes to mind is the cowboy-hat-wearing republican at the rodeo (i think) telling him he needed to shave his mustache because he looked like a Muslim. That's just a small example but it really sticks with me.
Have you heard Cohen talk about how his people set up for interviews like this? They lead them to believe a legit person is doing it, he shows up in character as part of the set crew and normally with a nicely dressed decoy who is assumed to be the interviewer, and at the last minute he jumps in the chair and introduces himself.
no i havent heard him talk about how he sets this up. Id be interested to see what elaborate measures he goes through for 5 minutes of GOTCHYA filming.
We have a GOOGLEYOUTUBERONPAUL at my office and she loved Borat but refuses to see Bruno because he's so mean to her idol. When we argue about politics she actually says shit like, "Well, I've never really considered myself a logical person." NO, REALLY?
This same girl also started a Christian book club with every other female in the office and they yammer on about fucking CS Lewis all day and AHHHHHH I WANT TO STAB THEM ALL WITH A RUSTY CRUCIFIX!